The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced more than $2 million in grants for Illinois. Illinois received 11 grants for projects statewide, from Chicago to Edwardsville. The largest grant, for $325,000, will go to the University of Illinois in … Continue reading →

The University of Connecticut (see photo) is digitising thousands of historical Puerto Rican documents to help make them available to researchers. Library officials said Tuesday the 5,000 fragile documents they are scanning date as far back as 1844 and … Continue reading →

Patent applications by Brian H. CUMPSTON, Pleasanton, CA US. There are a number of patents for Brian including one for METHODS FOR MAKING SEALED PHOTOVOLTAIC APPARATUS http://www.faqs.org/patents/inventor/cumpston-ca-3/ Please let me know if you recognise Brian as I would like to give … Continue reading →

Geneil Elaine Cumpston Mestad, 81, of Kennedale, Texas, formerly of Evansdale, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Serenity House in Kennedale. She was born March 23, 1929, in Fort Dodge, daughter of Charles and Myrtle Dickerson CUMPSTON. She married Earl W. … Continue reading →

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Rarely-displayed paintings of Charleston during the Civil War by a Confederate soldier, including one painting of the submarine H.L. Hunley, (see photograph) will become available this week on the Internet by The Museum of the Confederacy. The museum in Richmond, … Continue reading →

FundRace makes it easy to search by name or address to see which candidates or political parties your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors are contributing to. Or you can see if your favorite celebrity is putting money where their mouth … Continue reading →

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October 5, 2008 Mark and Tina Clegg of Jacobsburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Mallory Marie Clegg, to James Compston, son of Larry Compston of St. Clairsville and Julie Compston of Sanford, Fla. The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate … Continue reading →